1st Appearance of Jason Todd; Killer Croc appearance (cameo); Cont. in Detective Comics 524#2 in this year’s Top 50.Angelo notes: A 9.8 CGC variant sold in early 2018 for $1,500.Walter notes: This is becoming a signifigant key with lots of interest.Ben notes: A 2% type 1A variant survivorship assumption against the 97,741 total circulation statement number would imply under 2,000 surviving variant copies; of those, the vast majority of survivors likely are in the 2.0 to 8.0 condition range. Near-Mint-range survivors are therefore quite scarce indeed, reflected in the very low CGC census count of variants.Doug notes: Low Print = 97,741 Copies in Pub. Circ. Stmt; FIRST appearance of JASON TODD (Later becomes the RED HOOD); FIRST brief appearance of Waylon Jones aka KILLER CROC; (See Detective #523 for First cameo appearance; See Detective #524 for First FULL appearance);

Origin Killer Croc; Continued in Detective Comics #526#46 in this year’s Top 50.Angelo notes: A 9.2 CGC variant sold for $175 in February 2018.Paul notes: A CGC 9.0 Batman #359 variant sold at PNJ Comics for $165.00 on 12/13/2017Bill notes: 1st Killer Croc cover with face revealed. A CBCS 9.8 copy sold for $520.00 in August 2016; a CGC 9.6 copy sold for $477 in October 2018.Doug notes: Low Print = 97,741 Copies in Pub. Circ. Stmt; THIRD FULL appearance of KILLER CROC cover & story; FIRST Full KILLER CROC Cover (First time Face is Revealed on a Cover); Joker, Penguin, Scarecrow & Riddler appear on cover; FIRST comic book work by DAN JURGENS;

Versus Crazy-Quilt; Continued in Detective Comics #535#41 in this year’s Top 50.Angelo notes: A 9.8 CGC variant sold for $445 in April 2018.Doug notes: Low Print = 89,217 Copies in Pub. Circ. Stmt; First appearance of JASON TODD as he Officially becomes the NEW Second ROBIN cover & story; JASON TODD later becomes RED HOOD in Batman #635;

1st Appearance of Black Mask#10 in this year’s Top 50.Angelo notes: A CGC 9.6 variant sold for $600 in the summer of 2018. Black Mask will be the villian for the upcoming movie, “Birds of Prey”Doug notes: Low Print = 75,303 Copies in Pub. Circ. Stmt; FIRST appearance of ROMAN SIONIS aka the BLACK MASK cover & story = Part-1 of 3-Parts;

Origin of Batman; Year One Part I#39 in this year’s Top 50.Doug notes: FRANK MILLER Scripts Begin; BATMAN Year One Part-1 of 4-Parts; First appearance of SEINA KYLE aka the Modern CATWOMAN; Camren Bicondova is playing Selina Kyle aka CATWOMAN in the GOTHAM Fox TV Series; First appearance of Carmine (the Roman) Falcone

Year One, Part IVDoug notes: FRANK MILLER Script; BATMAN Year One Part-4 of 4-Parts; Fourth appearance of the new SEINA KYLE & her Second appearance the New Modern CATWOMAN in this issue;

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Origin of Jason Todd (new origin)Doug notes: JOKER appears; Cover says Batman The New Adventures; The first post-CRISIS Copper Age meeting of Batman and JASON TODD-c/s; First new Revamped Copper Age Origin JASON TODD who became the new ROBIN, part-1 of 3 parts; JASON TODD later becomes the new RED HOOD in Batman #635;

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Doug notes: Cover says Batman The New Adventures; The first post-CRISIS Copper Age meeting of Batman and JASON TODD-c/s; Second new Revamped Copper Age Origin JASON TODD who became the new ROBIN, part-2 of 3 parts; JASON TODD later becomes the new RED HOOD in Batman #635;

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1st Appearance of Mime; Origin of Mime

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Origin of Jason Todd (new-retold)Doug notes: NIGHTWING cover & story

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1st Appearance of KGBeast (Anatoli Knyazev)Doug notes: FIRST appearance of Anatoly Knyazev aka KGBeast or the Beast; David Nykl plays Anatoly Knyazev in multiple episodes of CW Network TV’s ARROW; KGBeast is affiliated with Russia’s KGB, the Black Lantern Corps & briefly as a member of the SUICIDE SQUAD; KGBeast appeared as a villain in the BATMAN vs SUPERMAN: Dawn of Justice Big-Screen FILM;